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Spam now accounts for about two-thirds of all email. It costs most email users at least 15 minutes a day. Research shows that spam costs companies $400-800 per mailbox every year. And these costs are growing.

Permission-based email management is the only thing that actually solves, or ever will solve, the spam problem. (To learn more, read our whitepaper.) It is 100% effective, and ChoiceMail makes it available to you now.

With ChoiceMail, you will never get another piece of unwanted email because a message can reach your inbox in one of only four ways:

March 4th, 2005ChoiceMail 3.xRelease Notes - these notes describe features that apply to all versions of ChoiceMail except where indicated

New features

Built-in lightweight email client (ChoiceMail One / ChoiceMail Small Business) — It is now possible to send emails directly from within ChoiceMail One or the ChoiceMail Small Business Client. You can create, reply to or forward messages. You can use any of your POP3, alias or virtual email addresses as the FROM address. It's extremely convenient for those quick and dirty emails you need to send out without the bother of starting up your heavyweight email program.Virtual email addresses (ChoiceMail One only) — ChoiceMail One now supports the ability to manage more than 5 virtual email addresses. (You can now purchase additional virtual email addresses in blocks of 50 to use with ChoiceMail One)Web browser (ChoiceMail Enterprise / ChoiceMail Small Business) — Completely new web browser interface – easier and more efficient navigation.Web Browser interface (ChoiceMail Small Business/ChoiceMail Enterprise)— Ability to download attachments directly from the web browserVanity pages (Optional in all versions) — Personalized vanity pages can now be associated with individual email addresses belonging to a user account rather than just one vanity page for the entire user account.Built-in customer affiliate system— A great new way for individual customers to spread the word about ChoiceMail and make some money too.Logging (CME)— Logging is now available in ChoiceMail Enterprise.

Updates

Optimizations— Major overhaul of how email messages are handled – only half as many files will be stored on disk as compared to earlier versions. Retrieval performance is much improved for ChoiceMail One and dramatic improvements occur for ChoiceMail Enterprise when using a database other than the built-in JET systemDetect registry blockers— The setup wizard can now detect that its attempts to reconfigure email programs failed because the user is running a spyware blocker that is also preventing needed changes to the registry.Web Browser interface (ChoiceMail Enterprise/ChoiceMail Small Business)— Display version of ChoiceMail in browserVirtual addresses— Virtual addresses are now displayed in sorted order in the online virtual address dialog manager.Virtual addresses— Virtual addresses are now displayed in sorted order in the system tray icon menu. You can also invoke the virtual address dialog manager directly from the system tray.Interacting with other spam blockers (ChoiceMail Enterprise)— Handle a situation where badly implemented (or misconfigured) spam blockers block ChoiceMail Enterprise from sending emails because ChoiceMail Enterprise (correctly) fails the (incorrectly implemented) attempts of the other spam blocker to validate the legitimacy of the sending domain (sigh).Server disconnection— Some POP3 servers disconnect automatically if there’s a long delay without any activity. Added the ability to send periodic signals to the server to let it know that we’re still alive!Activity logs and feedback— When copying the activity logs to the clipboard for submission to our online ticket system, basic ChoiceMail configuration is also included to make it easier to diagnose the problem.Permission rules— Added (empty) function to test if subject or body is emptyProcess control (ChoiceMail Enterprise)— More ability to prevent ChoiceMail Enterprise from being inappropriately overloaded.Filtering disabled— The Accepted-Reason header now indicates WHY filtering is disabled, not just that it IS disabled.Setup wizard— Improved ability to recognize configuration changes due to changes by ISP – a number of other misc. improvements as well.Sender Info dialog— Eliminated buttons in favor of a menuVirtual Email Address dialog— Eliminated buttons in favor of a menuTray icon (ChoiceMail One/ChoiceMail Small Business Client) — Tray icon now tells you how many virtual email addresses you haveHelp system— Context sensitive help is easier to accessLarge system fonts — Dialogs and controls now position themselves better when large system fonts are used.General operation— Added checks to prevent users from mistakenly trying to run ChoiceMail directly on their desktopPermission rules— Added a default rule to detect Yahoo mailing lists and not respond as those lists don’t follow mailing list standards that ChoiceMail detects automatically.

Fixes

AV on exit― Fix to prevent a bizarre problem with thread AV on exitWeb Browser interface (ChoiceMail Enterprise/ChoiceMail Small Business)― Fixed a bug where certain characters entered into the filter text field could screw up an SQL querySetup wizard (ChoiceMail One/ChoiceMail Free)— Now use explicit IP address rather than localhost. This prevents problems that can occur if user installs IPv6 support on their system.Installer (ChoiceMail One/ChoiceMail Free)— Fixed a problem where uninstalling could fail if ChoiceMail was installed multiple times.Web Browser interface (ChoiceMail Enterprise/ChoiceMail Small Business)― Fixed a bug where the filter field could not always be cleared.Web Browser interface (ChoiceMail Enterprise/ChoiceMail Small Business)― Fixed a bug where the FROM address wasn’t always displayed when sending out a new emailFailed downloading error— Fixed a problem where a notification in a rule could cause an access violation if the message in question did not have a FROM addressChallenges— Addressed an issue on NT 4 where challenges might not go outChallenges (ChoiceMail Small Business)— Fixed a problem where a sender could get multiple challengesAdministration interface (ChoiceMail Enterprise/ChoiceMail Small Business) Fixed problem where the wrong layout was used for the admin pages in web browser interfacePermission rules― Fixed a problem where the manual blacklist action was deleting the sender rather than just the messageCaching (ChoiceMail Small Business)— Fixed problem where some settings were not being cached properly in the ChoiceMail ClientEmail configuration (ChoiceMail Small Business)— Fixed problem where an email address was sometimes not remembered when changedISP changes— Fixed problem where we might not recognize an already configured email addresses properly in the case where the ISP changes servers.Junkbox— Fixed problem where messages from the junk box could not be deleted one at a time.Permission rules— When using manual checking of whitelist/blacklist, blacklist action was performing a delete sender rather than delete message.Memory leaks— Found and squashed a few exotic leaks!Domain Address Editor— Fixed a problem where it looked like IP address ranges were disappearing when a new one was added. Also fixed a problem where an invalid range in a region caused the total list to increase each time regions were merged.

What our users say:

ChoiceMail Enterprise - what can I say; it works! Our spam has been
eliminated, our productivity has increased and our users are happier
since switching to ChoiceMail. Thanks for creating a spam solution that
I can count on.